Micromotion Feature Extraction Based on Phase-Derived Range and Velocity Measurement

• Main Authors: Wenji Li, Huayu Fan, Lixiang Ren, Erke Mao, Quanhua Liu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
• Series: IEEE Access
• Subjects: High range resolution profile (HRRP); inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) image; micromotion feature extraction; phase-derived range measurement (PDRM); phase-derived velocity measurement (PDVM)
• Online Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8801856/

Micromotion features of a target contain unique structural information and motion information about the target, which can be used as an important basis for target recognition. One of the technical bottlenecks for micromotion feature extraction is achieving a fine characterization of the target motion state. With the high-precision range and velocity measurement, this paper uses the phase-derived method to reconstruct the motion state of the target and realize accurate translational compensation for the target. At the same time, the high range resolution of wideband radar is used to effectively extract target scattering points with micromotion from the perspective of the one-dimensional high range resolution profile and the two-dimensional inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) image. On this basis, reliable micromotion feature extraction can be achieved by using the slow variability of the target motion and eliminating the translational or rotational information of the target. The performance of the high-precision range and velocity measurement and the feasibility of the micromotion feature extraction based on phase-derived range and velocity measurement are verified by simulation results. Then, the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is further verified by carrying out a steel ball ejection experiment and a civil aviation aircraft experiment.